Correction www.rac.co.uk
Best mapping tool going.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Mountain > Sent: 07 November 2005 12:37 > To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' > Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Ajax and Flash > > Success won't be down to just ease of development or > features, it will depend on backing from early adopters. Most > sites that you'd think would benefit form an RIA (banking, > shopping, auctions etc.) are still using fairly old (read > reliable) set ups. They are more IA's than RIA's - sure we're > seeing a few mapping tools and webmail apps using flash, ajax > and even java applets (www.rac.com - best mapping tool going) > but most serious apps where people are spending money are > done the old way. > > Watch Google, Amazon, Ebay, play.com and Yahoo (a macromedia > partner so it's fairly easy to guess where they're going to go). > > It'll also depends on the backing of developers and designers > - Flash is so ubiquitous now thanks to lots of designers > thinking 'cool' and then tagging a really annoying intro to > the front of a site (remember eye4u anyone?) - it got the > player out there. > > Ajax won't go away, neither will Flash, as for Sparkle and > Flex2? Who knows - they both sound so promising but that > means nothing. > > M > > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
